Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv prt] by [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once , my partner and I were not allowed to play on a vacant court , just because my friend had a brown sweatshirt on , and there was a veterans doubles match on the next court — we might put them off by playing on the vacant court ! |
| 2 | However , once the gun has gone they are not allowed to shut you out by sailing above the course to the first mark . |
| 3 | I took them to school for Sports Day and decided to try them out by sprinting across the school gymnasium , and I spiked up the wooden floor rather badly . |
| 4 | I 'm not going to bail him out by jumping into the car . |
| 5 | ( Sometimes you can write the word on a blackboard , and ask the child to rub it out by tracing over the letters with his finger . ) |